Red blood cell indexes in patients with hereditary spherocytosis and β-thalassemia combination

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 569-573

  Akar, Nejat ^a,b   Gökçe, Hafize ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Red blood cell; Spherocytosis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FAMILY HEALTH; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 19044361870     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010290097431     Document Type: Article

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